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Saving money

August 2024

  • How to improve your rental home on a budget

    Money hacks
    Decorating tips and DIY hacks: how to transform a rental home on a budget

    Interiors experts share their favourite low-cost ideas, from adding colour with cushions to removeable wallpaper
  • illustration depicting a puzzled-looking person sitting on top of a tilted, vibrating washing machine reading a booklet of instructions. A pound sign is depicted in the machine's window

    Money hacks
    Stay cool and spot clean: how to make clothes last by washing them correctly

    Laundry cycles wear out fabrics – so try steaming, airing and slower cycles on the washing machine
  • Emma Beddington

    Reuse that teabag! Ignore that special offer! It’s time to join the underconsumer revolution

    Emma Beddington
    Most of us already have more than enough stuff. No wonder so many young people are turning their backs on the marketers and influencers

July 2024

  • Aerial footage of the suburban houses and village of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire on a hot, sunny summer day

    Insurance costs are soaring – so here’s how my family cut them

  • No game left behind … Joel Snape preps for the day.

    ‘I must have saved at least £100!’ Three writers try the no-spend challenge

June 2024

  • Green piggy bank with calculator.

    Ethical banking in the UK: how to put your everyday account to good use

    With spotlight on investments behind banks, we ask whether three top providers still offer a good deal

May 2024

  • Paint tester pots, colour charts and a paintbrush

    From paint testers to wardrobe hacks: 12 home DIY dos and don’ts

  • A woman scrapes a wooden chair in her house in readiness for painting it

    DIY tips: low-cost ways to give your home an upgrade

  • How to grab a bargain at a car boot sale

    Money hacks
    Car boot sales: expert tips on how to grab the best bargains

  • A middel-aged white woman sits on a rock by the sea, wearing a wetsuit and surrounded by other wetsuits

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    The search for the perfect wetsuit: is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?

  • Brief letters
    A cheaper way to join the National Trust if you’re over 60

  • Money hacks
    From holidays to shopping: eight discounts for UK over-60s you might not know about

  • How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money

April 2024

  • Cheap Cosmetics money hacks illustration

    Money hacks
    Budget brands and free samples: eight ways to cut the cost of your skincare

  • Money Hacks: How to refurnish the garden for free (or nearly free) WEB

    Money hacks
    How to refurnish your garden for free (or at a low, low cost)

  • A couple going through documents and using a digital tablet at a table together at home.

    ‘Every penny has a purpose’: the rise of zero-based budgeting

  • A man holding a remote control of a smart TV

    ‘I was flabbergasted’: refunds for unused subscriptions may be easier than you think

  • Money hacks
    Give up lie-ins and buy an eye mask: how to get better sleep

  • ‘It’ll be a massive saving’: why more people in the UK are downsizing home

March 2024

  • Two trains arriving departing from at King’s Cross station

    Get a railcard and ditch season tickets: how to beat the rail fare rises

    The best tips and tricks for getting the lowest possible fares in England and Wales
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